http://www.timrutherford.com Self Produced Music Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:26:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My older sister hung out with people older than her.  As a result, I listened to music from a group of people about 10 years older than me.  I distinctly remember Van Halen's "Unchained" playing on the Top 40 station in 1981 and me talking along with Diamond Dave, "One big ... http://www.timrutherford.com/?p=34 I haven't had a post for a while, as you can tell, but tonight I'm pleased to announce big news... I am currently packing up my gear and leaving tomorrow morning to record some songs with a friend in Cincinnati. We have at least three songs that should be ready ... http://www.timrutherford.com/?p=54 This post has no purpose but to let you listen to me playing around.  I'm entirely re-recording an old song with my wah and wanted to work out the settings.  I found what sounded good on my Marshall and then hooked it up to my Mac.  I recorded me playing for ... http://www.timrutherford.com/?p=50 It's Valentine's Day and I had this little thing bouncing around in my head all day.  I was at the in-laws house for the evening and kept wanting to jump on their piano to work this out, but, you know, that's just not social.  As soon as we got home ... http://www.timrutherford.com/?p=46 Well, I still haven't recorded anything for "Wah Me" but I have had this little diddy dancing around in my head for a few weeks.  I just laid down a noodle recording of it to try it out.  It still isn't what I heard in my head but at least I ... http://www.timrutherford.com/?p=38 For Christmas, my wife bought me a wah wah peddle. Since it was early in the month I convinced her to let me play it the first night. You know, to make sure that it sounded good and worked (and because I was dying to use it, but that wouldn't ... http://www.timrutherford.com/?p=19 I spent a long span of my life just playing other people's songs on my old el-cheapo guitar. Often, poorly. Occassionally I'd write something and I've probably forgotten 99% of what I've written. With the advent of inexpensive digital recording, my world opened up. I started ... http://www.timrutherford.com/?p=14